culver



A. M. GULVER.

Animal Stock.

No. 63,222. Patented March 26, 1867.

uitth tatrn atrin IMPROVEMENT IN GOMBINED SEEEP-'HOLDER AND WOOLflTYEE;

llge tliehule nfntreh tu iii these tettets atent mit making nart nt flgt sum.

T0 ALL WHO'M IT MAY GONCERN:

Be itknown that I, A.. M. CULVER, of Bedford, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have inven'ted certain newpand useful improvements in Combined Sheep-l-lolders, Wool-Tyers, Sto. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompsnying dran'ings, making a part of this specification, in. whicln- Figure 1 is a side view of the machine.

Figure 2 is an end view.

Figure 3 is a top view of the same.

Figures ll and 5 are detachod sections, to which reference will be made. i

VLike letters refer to like'parts in the different views.

This machine consists of a shenring-table and wool-folder combined with an eppliance for holding the Sheep while being shorn. A A und B B, lig. l, are the lcgs of the table, which are so connected to the tops O, fig. 3, as to permit of their-'being folded up for a purpoe hercafter shown. D D are a pair of adjustable arms, which :irc pivotcd to the legs A at the points and to each other at the ends F. On the outer ends of the arms are sceured the upright Stays G G'. It will be ohserved that G' is longest, andl through which is projeeted the, horizontal bar H, which is allowed to slide backward and forward through the Stays foi` a purpose hereafter described. I is a lerer, the lower end of which drops into the notches cut into the upper side of the bar J js a shackle, so fit'ted to thevinner end. of the bar as to allow ,it to turn or revolve. The opposite stay G is pro= vided with a similar shackle, arranged in the same way and for the same Purpose. It will be seen that these shacli'les, Sto., are at each end of the shearing-tablc O' upon which the sheep is laid for shearing.` The top of the machine used as the fleece-folder is -constructed in three sections, O K fig. 4. K, the central section, is fixed to the form and legs as shown in fig. 3,, and is covered with a strop of len-thor, K', which is fastened to the table ut the point X. The strop extending either way from this point is loose, so that it can be lifted from the table, aswill h'ereafter bo shown. The outside Sections of the top C' L are so hinged to the middle section that they can be turned npward to the position shown in fig. 4, thus making a kind of open box.

The manner of using this apparatus is as follows: The heep is placed upon the table C'; its legs are then stretched out and secured to the shackles referred to by pa'ssing a foot through the rounded notches a, and then oecnring it by slipping the slides over them, thus preventing the foot from being drawn out by the struggles of the animal, and which is also kept extended by the lever falling into the notches in the bar H, which may be lengthened orshortened according to the length of the animal- The Sheep, on being properly secured, the fleece is then taken elf and properly spread out andl arranged upon the table or folder by doubling or folding over the sides of the fiecee until it is-of the width of section K; previou'sly, however, the strings for tying the fieece are drawn through the holes c, fig. 3, and stretched along toward the front end of the table, over the edge of which they'are allowed to drop for a short distance. The strings and fieece being thus arranged, the side Sections are then turned up, as shown in lig. 4, and hold in this position by the bar P, attached to the short or front end of the strop. This bar pi'ojects beyond the vwidth of thevstrap far enough to .pass through the holes R in the upturnod sides of the table, and looks them together by a notch on the protruding ends. The fleece is then rolled partially up, and the long end of the strop is 'then brought over to the front and hooked to the lever S, fig. 5. The lever is then depressed, and this draws the Strap forward, at the same time rolling or folding up the icece until'it reaches the bar P, to which the short end of the strop is secured, as aforesaid. This end of the strop answers the place of a solid head-block, against which the fieece is rolled in the ordinary wool-tying machine. When the fiee'ce is thus rolled up, the lever is retained in its depressed position by the hook T until the wool is ticd, which is done in the ordinary way, which. bei-ng done, is then remove-d, and the Operations of shearing und tying again repeated.

'zl'he Purpose of having the shackles'so as to turn upon the bar H is that-the Sheep may hc turned from side to side or completely over, so as to adjust it to the conveniencs of the shearers. 'As above observed, the legs of this uppurntus are soconnected to eachA other und to the table that they'can he easily disconnected and folded up under the top, and thus made convenient for transportation, 0:1' to be stored away for future use. The advantage of thus coinbining the two machines is the convenience of the wool-'tying section of the apparatus to theishrzarer, as the fieece 'rolls from the Sheep directly on the folder, and thereby saves the time and elare'to take it from the sheerer to the folder, which, when the fieeee is light :md torn, is a matter of no little trouble and inconvenienee' By using the short end of the Strap as a subs'titute for 'a head-block in the manner as'above clescribed, makes this part of the epparatus much more simple in construction, less expensive, and far more w convenient than 'a fleeee-holder eonstructed with a. hetd-blocl; in the ordinary manner.

What I eloim a-s my invention, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sides of the table O L, as arranged in combination With the strop K' and leyer S, for the purpose and in the manner described.

2. The errangement of the sides C L, end strap K, in combination with the table O, shaekle J, bar H, and

lever I, as and for the p'urpose herein set forth.

A. M; CULVER.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, E. E. WAI'rr.. 

